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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Focus On Structure
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Subjects
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mcat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 12 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Defining of key terms in order to communicate something
Examples
Purpose
Statistics
Definitions
2. Direct quotes - Ask 'Is author agreeing or disagreeing w/ person being quoted?'
Comparisons/contrast
Statistics
General Opinion
Quotes of others
3. Any type of numerical information (skim and annotate w/o getting bogged down)
Statistics
Definitions
Generalizations
Purpose
4. Description of development of idea of time line - where each paragraph describes one of those stages
Steps/stages
Generalizations
Studies
Purpose
5. Illustrate main point with an example from the real world or hypothetical reflection - introduced by: in this case - in illustration - for example
Definitions
Examples
Quotes of others
Anecdotes
6. Author tells a story of their own personal experience
Quotes of others
Comparisons/contrast
Anecdotes
Statistics
7. Compare and contrast subject w something else - analyzing differences and similarities - analogy: one situation is described to communicate something about another
Studies
Comparisons/contrast
Generalizations
General Opinion
8. Evidence the author uses to support his or her claims. How does author organize the support for claims?
Definitions
Support
Statistics
General Opinion
9. Support the main idea by giving an example of something larger or smaller than subject
Generalizations
Studies
Steps/stages
Comparisons/contrast
10. Description of past or present common belief - define if common belief is consistent or inconsistent w/ authors point of view
Steps/stages
General Opinion
Anecdotes
Generalizations
11. Research to support conclusions
Steps/stages
Studies
Support
Anecdotes
12. Why was the passage written? Define the purpose of all support provided by the author - and the larger claim being made
Comparisons/contrast
Studies
Quotes of others
Purpose